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Shaheed · Third Ghallughara, June 1984

Bhai Gurnam Singh Hawaldar

Fell in the defence of the Harmandir Sahib and the Akal Takht, Amritsar, June 1984.

In the first week of June 1984 the Indian Army surrounded and attacked the Harmandir Sahib complex in Amritsar while it was full of pilgrims gathered for the martyrdom day of Guru Arjan. A few hundred Singhs under Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Bhai Amrik Singh and General Shabeg Singh held the Akal Takht and the buildings around the sarovar against infantry, commandos and finally tanks.

The fighting ended on the morning of 6–7 June. The Akal Takht was left in ruins and the Sikh Reference Library burned. The Panth remembers those who fell in its defence as shaheeds, and their names are read at the Akal Takht each June.

Other shaheeds of June 1984

Baba Thara SinghBhai Amrik Singh KhalsaBibi Upkar Kaur KhalsaBibi Paramjit Kaur SandhuGiani Mohar SinghBibi Pritam Kaur KhalsaBibi Waheguru KaurBibi Satnam KaurBhai Surjit Singh RagiBhai Mengha Singh BabbarBhai Rashpal Singh PABhai Kashmir Singh DriverBhai Avtar Singh ParowalBhai Gurmukh Singh GarvaiBhai Dalbir Singh AbhyassiSant Jarnail Singh Khalsa BhindranwaleGeneral Shabeg Singh
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